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“I just had to get this off my chest. This is not meant to offend anyone but I just had to speak on the elephant in the room.” – Thanks …
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Five shows from the 90s that shaped who I am today: Cosby Show, A Different World, Living Single, Girlfriends, Moesha

I remember coming home from school each day just to …
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I am intelligent. I have no problem recognizing that.

In fact, living in a society that constantly devalues my worth, my beauty and my intelligence, it’s actually kind of revolutionary …
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My mom and I have never had the kind of mother-daughter relationship one usually sees on television or in the movies. She didn’t teach me how to cook. She didn’t …
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Delete. Delete. Delete. I spent two hours one night deleting and untagging myself from pictures on Facebook. I didn’t delete everything from my page, just the pictures I felt no …
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Nobody tells you how many boxes of kleenex you will go through or how many boxes of cookies you would end up eating.

Nobody tells you how hard getting out …
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Stuck in a chain of pain. Your actions mimic my past, manipulating my present. I’m constantly waiting for you to leave. Anytime you’re absent, I think you’re gone forever. No …
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His eyes are piercing, so focused. He doesn’t blink. He looks into the depths of your soul as if he knows every little secret. It’s almost as though he sees …
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I’d be happy to never hear those words again. It’s been almost two weeks since my father died and I’ve already heard it said about 500 times. Gross exaggeration, but …
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I used to think you didn’t effect me. I used to be proud of the fact that (I thought) I dealt with all those years and scattered memories by myself. …
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